Denesh Silva elected PATA Sri Lanka Chairman
View(s):Hotelier Denesh Silva was elected the PATA Sri Lanka Chairman at the recently concluded AGM of the organistaion held on July 31 at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce.
The Sri Lanka Chapter enables its members to conduct their various assigned responsibilities for selling travel related products and providing services to visitors to the island in a more effective manner. The key aim is to promote Sri Lanka as a PATA destination, under the aegis of the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce. The outgoing Chairman Hussain Jayah will continue to be on the committee as the immediate past Chairman. Prabath Harshakumar, Head of Business Development for Asia region of Walkers Tours Ltd and Assistant Vice- President of John Keells Group and M. Idroos, Executive Director, World Avenues (Pvt) Ltd were elected as Vice Chairmen. The following members were elected to the committee: Asitha Panabokke, Operations Manager of Mahaweli Reach Hotel; Dimitri Cooray, Manager-Operations of Jetwing Hotels Ltd; Ms. Zahara Cader, Managing Director of Tallman Tours Ltd and Cammy Gunasekera, Director of Viluxur Holidays. Board of Advisors – Ruan Samarasinghe, Managing Director of Jetwing Hotels Ltd; Jayantha Panabokke, Managing Director of Mahaweli Reach Hotels Ltd; Ms. Ratten Abdulhussein, Director of Pan Lanka Travels & Tours Ltd; Ms. Shamali De Vaz, Managing Director of Silver Line Tours (Pvt) Ltd and Sega Nagendra, Director of Travel On Ltd.